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    <p>Tails (watches for things to be added) to the configured file.</p>
    <h3>Input</h3>
    <dl class="message-properties">
        <dt class="optional">filename <span class="property-type">string</span></dt>
        <dd>If not configured in the node, this optional property sets the name of the file to be tailed.
        If an empty string <code>""</code> is received, the tailing will stop.</dd>
    </dl>
    <h3>Outputs</h3>
    <dl class="message-properties">
        <dt class="optional">payload <span class="property-type">string | buffer</span></dt>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Text (UTF-8) files will be returned as strings.</li>
                <li>Binary files will be returned as buffer objects.</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
    </dl>
    <p><b>Note</b>: On Windows you may need to close the file between writes for any updates to be registered.</p>
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